archive 09·01·2013

behindmarkets

• Supermarket struggle continues for Sainsbury’s

  The latest quarterly sales of Britain’s third-largest supermarket chain, Sainsbury’s, disappointed… 09/01/13 19:30 CET

cinema

• Gangster Squad rides again

  Gangster Squad, directed by Ruben Fleischer and starring Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, and Ryan Gosling… 09/01/13 16:07 CET

corporate

• Virgin France workers protest at closure threat

  In France it is being seen as a symbol of the losing battle being fought by traditional music… 09/01/13 18:16 CET

• Crisis crashes Peugeot Citroen’s sales

  Struggling French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen’s global sales have plunged. As the eurozone crisis… 09/01/13 16:04 CET

• Telecoms firms ‘discuss pan-Europe network’

  Europe’s top telecoms companies are reportedly discussing the creation of a Europe wide… 09/01/13 14:43 CET

economy

• Triomphe of the luxury stores on the Champs Elysées

  The almost certain departure of the Virgin Megastore from the Champs Elysées is part of the… 09/01/13 18:35 CET

europa

• Irish PM Kenny urges UK to stay inside the EU

  Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny has used the official curtain raiser for his country’s … 09/01/13 18:24 CET

• Entrepreneurs want EU to cut red tape now

  For years, the EU has talked about unleashing the growth potential of Europe’s start-ups. But… 09/01/13 18:05 CET

generationy

• The EBBA ceremony live tonight. Music to your ears

  Today, Wednesday 9 january, from 18:00 until 19:30 the anniversary EBBA show will be broadcast live… 09/01/13 15:41 CET

hi-tech

• Newest gadgets displayed

  More than 2,000 exhibitors went to Hong Kong this year for the annual Toys and Games Fair and, of… 09/01/13 14:52 CET

le mag

• Bowie is back

  In a surprise move, after a decade of silence and speculation, David Bowie has released a single -… 09/01/13 16:08 CET

markets

• European markets at close: 09.01.2013

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pictureoftheday

• Slum scene in Islamabad

  A girl cries while she stands behind a torn makeshift curtain at the entrance of her house in a… 09/01/13 12:10 CET

Sport

• Dakar Rally: Casteu and Roma enjoy stage five wins

  Frenchman David Casteu claimed stage five of this year’s Dakar Rally on Wednesday while Spain’s… 09/01/13 22:30 CET

• Fifa clamp down on racism

  Fifa’s decision to ban Hungary fans from their country’s all-important World Cup qualifying game… 09/01/13 17:44 CET

world news

• Palestinian factions growing closer

  Yellow Fatah flags flying in Gaza on January 4 signalled a warming of relations between opposing… 09/01/13 18:01 CET

• Syrian refugees can’t escape cold

  Some of the worst winter weather to hit the eastern Mediterranean region in years has Syrians in… 09/01/13 16:15 CET

• Meet Apophis, the asteroid coming to a planet near you

  The last potential ‘End of the World’, on December 21, 2012, may have proven something of a… 09/01/13 12:05 CET

• Supreme court decision splits opinions

  Last year’s presidential election campaign in Venezuela was evidence of how the president is… 09/01/13 23:06 CET

• Dozens of passengers hurt in New York ferry crash

  A passenger ferry in New York full of commuters crashed into a dock in Lower Manhattan on… 09/01/13 22:56 CET

• Supreme court spells out Chavez decision

  Venezuela’s top court has ruled the postponement of Hugo Chavez’s scheduled inauguration on… 09/01/13 21:56 CET

• Catholic Church in Germany fires sexual abuse investigator

  A criminologist who was investigating sexual abuse of minors by priests has been sacked German… 09/01/13 19:15 CET

• Inquiry into France family ‘imprisoned’ by father

  French authorities are investigating after a father reportedly held his family imprisoned inside… 09/01/13 19:08 CET

• Russian killed as ‘zorb’ plunges off Caucasus mountain

  One Russian man has died and another is injured in hospital after what was supposed to be a… 09/01/13 19:08 CET

• Boeing’s Dreamliner suffers third ‘teething problem’

  Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner jet has suffered a third mishap in as many days, sparking safety… 09/01/13 19:08 CET

• Supreme court backs Chavez

  In Venezuela the ruling by the vice president and the government that cancer-stricken President… 09/01/13 19:05 CET

• Lincoln leads nominations in London

  Which films, which stars will dominate this awards season? The British Academy of Film and… 09/01/13 17:14 CET

• Syria: Freed Iranian prisoners arrive in Damascus

  Forty-eight Iranian prisoners set free by Syrian rebels received a warm greeting at the Sheraton… 09/01/13 16:37 CET

• Google boss urges greater freedom on North Korea visit

  North Korean officials have been showing off their limited internet facilities to a group of… 09/01/13 16:24 CET

• Spitfire searchers find water-filled crate

  In Myanmar it is believed the first of a number of long lost Royal Air Force World War Two… 09/01/13 15:04 CET

• Higher wages – not austerity – is the cure for eurozone crisis, say economists

  As “unemployment in the… 09/01/13 14:45 CET

• Syria: Iranian prisoners freed

  Forty-eight Iranian hostages have been set free by Syrian rebels. They were released in exchange… 09/01/13 14:05 CET

• Belfast flag row: sixth night of rioting

  The row over the flying of the Union flag at Belfast City Hall has led to a sixth successive night… 09/01/13 12:45 CET

• China’s strike-hit paper to publish as normal

  A reformist Chinese newspaper at the centre of a row about freedom of expression in the country… 09/01/13 12:05 CET

• Go, go gadget Las Vegas!

  After smartphones it’s time to get ready for smart home appliances and cars. The microchips are… 09/01/13 11:05 CET

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• India summons Pakistani envoy as Kashmir tension grows

  Pakistan’s ambassador in New Delhi has been summoned to the Indian foreign office over the killing… 09/01/13 10:35 CET

• Aussie bushfires rage in NSW and Victoria

  Australia’s record-breaking heatwave is continuing to fuel outbreaks of wildfires across scores of… 09/01/13 08:35 CET

• Mexico: Guns for computers

  How about swapping a gun for a computer? In Mexico the authorities are encouraging just that in a… 09/01/13 08:23 CET

• Two women at the centre of Israeli politics

  Tzipi Livni, the most prominent female Israeli politician of her time, is back in the political… 09/01/13 07:50 CET

• French students take Twitter to court

  A French student organisation has taken the social network site Twitter to court in Paris claiming… 09/01/13 07:37 CET

• Cooler weather brings relief in Australia

  Temperatures dropped slightly bringing temporary relief to fire fighters in Australia. They’ve been… 09/01/13 07:36 CET

• Qatar lends more cash to struggling Egypt

  Qatar has announced it is doubling its aid to Egypt with a new injection of cash, the equivalent of… 09/01/13 03:25 CET

• Loyalists pelt police in Belfast for a sixth night

  In Belfast, a crowd of Loyalists, mostly teenagers, pelted police with petrol bombs and fireworks… 09/01/13 01:55 CET

• Venezuelan government confirms Chavez will miss inauguration

  Venezuela confirmed on Tuesday that it will postpone the presidential inauguration on January 10… 09/01/13 01:05 CET

• London’s Tube celebrates 150 years of ‘minding the gap’

  Love it or hate it, the London Underground or the ‘Tube’ as it is known due to its trains being… 09/01/13 00:36 CET

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